I intended to have called on you last night.

[sitifan]

14. I intended ______ you last night.
(A) to call on (B) to called on (C) to have called on
[Ho's Complete English Grammar, Book 5, p17.]
According to the author, Mr. Ho, the answer to the above question is option C.
Which option do native speakers think is correct?

 

[5jj]

(A) is correct. The speaker's intention at that past time was to call, not to have called on the person addressed. You will hear (C) from some native speakers.

 

[jutfrank]

I say (C) is wrong.

 

[Phaedrus]

14. I intended ______ you last night.
(A) to call on (B) to called on (C) to have called on
[Ho's Complete English Grammar, Book 5, p17.]
According to the author, Mr. Ho, the answer to the above question is option C.
Which option do native speakers think is correct?

It would make more sense to use "intended" in the past perfect than to use an perfect infinitive in the clause complementing "intended":

I had intended to call on you last night.

The idea behind the past perfect is that the intention to do the act which the speaker did not do preceded the time period during which the act did not occur.

I'm sorry I didn't call on you last night. I had intended to.

Consider that I intended to call on you last night can also mean I called on you intentionally.

A: Did you call on me by mistake last night?
B: No. I intended to call on you last night.

 

[Rover_KE]

If Mr Ho had offered "calling on" as an alternative, I’d have picked that.

 

[sitifan]

If Mr Ho had offered "calling on" as an alternative, I’d have picked that.

What's the difference in meaning between "intend to do" and "intend doing"?
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I intended (or meant) to have told (or to tell) you, but I forgot.
Ho's Complete English Grammar, Book 3, p9.

 

[sitifan]

If Mr Ho had offered "calling on" as an alternative, I’d have picked that.

1. I intended to call on you last night.
2. I intended calling on you last night.
Did you mean #2 is better than #1?